In addition to meeting General Education requirements and other degree requirements, all film majors must complete the following requirements (104–106 credits, outlined below by year) and maintain the department standards for academic and professional conduct.
Effective Fall 2022 for new students entering the program.
Requirements for the major include:
A minimum of 23 credits in film history, criticism, and/or theory: CIN 1500 and 1510 plus four additional courses
Satisfactory completion, as determined by the Film faculty, of the 16-credit senior thesis film
Note: Criteria for advancement also include the student’s fitness and potential for a professional life in the field, as determined by the department faculty. Advancement each year is by invitation of the faculty, following a scheduled, mandatory review of each student’s work. Any student on warning or probationary status is reviewed at the end of the semester (fall or spring). There is an ongoing assessment of professional growth in all work for all students.
FLM 1090 and 1100/Exercises in Storytelling*
FLM 1160 and 1170/Film Workshop*
FLM 1250/Filmmakers Acting Workshop
CIN 1500 and 1510/Introduction to Cinema Studies I and II
FLM 2010/Film Editing I
FLM 2090/Cinematography I
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Note: CIN 1500 and 1510 are prerequisites for most film history courses.
FLM 2000 and 2050/Introduction to Documentary: Nonfiction Film*
FLM 2020/Film Editing II
FLM 2100/Cinematography II
FLM 2310 and 2320/Directors’ Scene Workshop*
FLM 2810/Writing for Film I
CIN —film history, criticism, and/or theory elective (from list below)
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
One of the following two-semester courses:
FLM 3200 and 3210/Film Directors’ Workshop* or
FLM 3460 and 3470/Documentary Workshop I and II or
FLM 3610 and 3620/Experimental Workshop*
FLM 3090/Cinematography III
FLM 3250/Directing the Actor
FLM 3320/Screenwriting
FLM 3650/Advanced Sound
CIN —/Two electives in film history, criticism, and/or theory credits** (from list below)
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
FLM 3725/The Business of Film
FLM 4180 and 4190/Senior Production: Filmmaking*
CIN —/One elective in film history, criticism, and/or theory/ ( from list below )
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Any unrestricted CIN courses ARH4770/African American Art and Film CIN1040/Television, Culture and Politics CIN2000/Close Analysis CIN2500/Principles of Montage CIN2600/Film Programming CIN3000/Cinema and Revolution CIN3350/Film and Media Preservation FLM3620/Experimental Workshop HIS3145/Chinese Cinema and History LIT 3025/Women and Film LIT 3680/Surrealism and Its Legacy PHI 3716/ Philosophy and Film